[cx-oracle-users] Clarification on cx_Oracle version to support 11gR2 XE (UNICODE)

[Darin W. <wil...@ya...>]

Hi-

I'm fairly new to Python and Linux and could use some clarification on what version of cx_Oracle I need to support Oracle 11gR2 XE.  As I've found, 11g XE only supports unicode.  I had issues with the installation of cx_Oracle 5.1.1 (ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cx_Oracle.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS2_AsEncodedString).  However, I was able to successfully install xc_Oracle 5.0.4 Unicode.  

Does this mean that I can only use cx_Oracle 5.0.4 Unicode?  I tried building from the source files of 5.1.1 and still wasn't able to resolve the unicode issue.

My environment:
Ubuntu
Oracle 11gR2 XE
Oracle InstantClient
Python 2.7


Thanks!!

Darin